Have you put heating on yet?

fiddling_flower_petals

We've only switched ours on a couple times this month, and I'm determined to not switch CH on via timer until Nov, but as that's rapidly approaching may aim for mid Nov/Dec before I resort to switching timer on to allow an hour or so in the morning and a couple of hours in the evening.

Kez100

We have had an hour a night most nights, but not all, for about two weeks now. We are fully insulated as well since late September.

I also remember life before central heating. We had one electric three bar fire in the lounge which was only warm if you sat close toit and a triangular paraffin heater in the back room! (Anyone remember those?)

I used to love going to my Grandams because she had two big receptions with large open fires and cooked on a rayburn - everything was cosy and warm. Upstairs was freeeeeezing though.....but she had a deep warm duck feather quilt and always put a hot water bottle in it - so I still loved going up there

Oh, the olden days of the 1970's!

wilroda

I remember the parrafin heaters too - and the frost on the INSIDE of the windows when you got up in the morning!

Havent we all gone soft!

It would be interesting to know what you all set your thermostats at. Ours is at 20 deg - although OH does tend to increase it when I am not looking!

Magentasue

Parrafin heaters, the Esso blue adverts, gas fire flickering and realising no more shillings until mum got home from work ...

Our thermostat is set at 19deg morning and then down to 16deg until evening, back to 19 and then down to 18, then 16 again at bedtime. Our old house had a simple timer and separate thermostat - needed to be nearer 25 than 20 in the evenings. Now we've downsized, we're just as warm at less than 20deg at the moment.

space_rider

Kez100 wrote: »

I also remember life before central heating. We had one electric three bar fire in the lounge which was only warm if you sat close toit and a triangular paraffin heater in the back room! (Anyone remember those?)

I can`t remember triangular but I can remember a greyey blue one that you had to shake to put out. I also remember going to a hardware shop to fill a can and also I think some petrol stations had somewhere outside you could fill it from!

space_rider

wilroda wrote: »

I remember the parrafin heaters too - and the frost on the INSIDE of the windows when you got up in the morning!

Havent we all gone soft!

It would be interesting to know what you all set your thermostats at. Ours is at 20 deg - although OH does tend to increase it when I am not looking!

I am trying to keep mine at 20 in the evenings but I put it at 18 when we go to bed so it takes the chill off in the mornings. I now only have it on for hour and half in the mornings and off at 10.15 in the evenings.

1carminestocky

We never go above 20c on the thermostat (often as low as 16c). To think last Winter that bloody thing had been up to 25c many times!! Madness. Sod the energy companies, if more people were like us they would be begging to be re-nationalised by now, lol...

sammyjammy

I've got mine on now because I'm off sick today but its only been on a few times in the last couple of weeks, it is meant to be -1C tonight with sleet though so it will probably stay on until 9ish then I'll turn it off and huddle under the flannelette duvet cover! Its certainly not on the timer and probably won't be all winter, its too wasteful, I only turn it on if I'm sitting there and two jumpers aren't enough, cat isn't too impressed though!

I can afford to have it on but am just to tight to throw away that much money!!!

I did wonder if it might be cheaper just to shut myself in the lounge and put the gas fire on? Any clues?

I remember when we only had a gas fire when i was little and we took it in turns to stand in front of it whilst getting dressed - LOL!

space_rider

sammyjammy wrote: »

I've got mine on now because I'm off sick today but its only been on a few times in the last couple of weeks, it is meant to be -1C tonight with sleet though so it will probably stay on until 9ish then I'll turn it off and huddle under the flannelette duvet cover! Its certainly not on the timer and probably won't be all winter, its too wasteful, I only turn it on if I'm sitting there and two jumpers aren't enough, cat isn't too impressed though!

I can afford to have it on but am just to tight to throw away that much money!!!

I did wonder if it might be cheaper just to shut myself in the lounge and put the gas fire on? Any clues?

I remember when we only had a gas fire when i was little and we took it in turns to stand in front of it whilst getting dressed - LOL!

They were the good old days weren`t they! I am torn between not giving the energy companies more than I have to but at the same time, I hate feeling cold as it makes me miserable.

SuiDreams

Put ours on this morning for ten mins thermostat set to 16, its now programmed for tens mins morning and night to keep the chill off, its forecast to go below freezing again tonight